Or being forced into an election by those bloody remainers which I think might be the plan. Or maybe all is as it seems and this no deal pressure is because he genuinely thinks he can get a meaningful allowance from the EU.
In a post hard brexit election Boris gets mauled I think. Who actually votes for him? The British public are notoriously good at revising their position historically and pretending they didn't want or vote for that big thing that went wrong. Tory remainers will be ****ing done with the party and he will have served his purpose to the leavers who aren't traditional conservatives.
I think he needs an election before leaving and needs to keep as much of the brexit party support as he can.
Or maybe he has gone wrong in the head and actively wants no deal.